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signorina
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun signorina has 2 senses
- signorina(n = noun.person) - an Italian courtesy title for an unmarried woman; equivalent to `Miss', it is either used alone or before a name; is a kind of unmarried woman
- signorina(n = noun.communication) - an Italian title or form of address for an unmarried woman; is a kind of form of address, title, title of respect
CIDE DICTIONARY
signorina, n. [It.].
Miss; -- a title of address among the Italians. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
signorina, n.
1 a title or form of address used of or to an Italian-speaking unmarried woman.
2 an Italian unmarried woman.
1 a title or form of address used of or to an Italian-speaking unmarried woman.
2 an Italian unmarried woman.
Etymology
It., dimin. of SIGNORA
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